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Evan Daugherty attended the London premiere of "Snow White and the Huntsman," with his sister, Linn.

I must be a teen at heart or else hopeless immature, because I totally agree with teens picking Divergent as their favorite book in the annual Teens’ Top Ten vote, sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association.

I’m also excited to report that Veronica Roth’s first book in her projected trilogy about Tris, a girl who must make tough, brave choices in a dangerous future world, has a film release date of March 2014, according to imdb, and the screenplay credits go to Roth and Dallas’ own Evan Daugherty, who shot to fame with his original script for Snow White and the Huntsman.

Up to then, he was best known as the son of Dallas Children’s Theater resident playwright Linda Daugherty, who inspired and encouraged him as he grew up, helping out behind the scenes of her original plays.

Linda is also plugging away at her keyboard. She has a new play coming out at the Dallas Children’s Theater this season, aimed at teens, too. It’s Teen Brain: The Musical, the story of eight young people navigating the rough waters of high school Feb. 15-24, 2013 at the Rosewood Center for Family Arts.

Teens voted online between Aug. 15 and Sept. 15 for their favorite books. Here’s the list:

Viewers can’t get enough of The Hunger Games, which is #1 at the box office for the third week in a row. And yet the books are the third most challenged in school libraries, according to the American Library Association’s 2012 State of America’s Library Report, which you can read here.

The Hunger Games has been challenged for being “Anti-ethnic, anti-family, insensitivity, offensive language, occult/satanic, violence.” What are your thoughts on the books and on these challenges to them? And lest you think this list is just for newcomers, To Kill a Mockingbird is still on it after all these years. It’s #10, cited for “Offensive language, racism.”
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Fantastic free fun for kids this week: You can take them to watch fresh bread being prepared at Mrs Baird’s, watch money being printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, catch the antics of Kellogg the Clown, enjoy the music and stories of award-winning Jim Gill and take a new parents tour at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. I’ve got all the details in my Family Fun Free Fun column here.

PHOTO: Kids can learn how master plates are engraved for printing money at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s facility in Fort Worth.